McConnell is part of the debt problem

5:36 PM,
Mar. 24, 2013

Tom Wurtz Community Recorder guest columnist

Written by

Tom
Wurtz

Tom Wurtz is president of Tom Wurtz Consulting and was a 2012 Republican candidate for Congress. He lives in Ft. Mitchell.

The attack on small-government conservatives and the support for big government Republicans like Sen. Mitch McConnell is part of America's debt problem ("Don't let Mitch McConnell be the next tea party mistake," March 5).

Several weeks ago, Sen. McConnell wrote an article proclaiming he saved Kentuckians from the fiscal cliff. Not only did he increase the top marginal income tax rate from 35 percent to 39.6 percent and limit deductions, he increased the Social ...